Summary
- Bahrain → China
- $131million
- China → Bahrain
- $2.3billion
- Bahrain’s balance
- -$2.2billion
Balance
Bahrain’s trade balance with China
Trade between Bahrain and China grew 74.5-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Bahrain’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.1
- Imports 2.3
- Balance -2.2
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $19 million | $14 million | $5 million |
| 1996 | $29 million | $14 million | $14 million |
| 1997 | $15 million | $25 million | -$10 million |
| 1998 | $27 million | $30 million | -$2 million |
| 1999 | $39 million | $32 million | $7 million |
| 2000 | $80 million | $127 million | -$46 million |
| 2001 | $86 million | $143 million | -$57 million |
| 2002 | $68 million | $166 million | -$98 million |
| 2003 | $58 million | $201 million | -$143 million |
| 2004 | $97 million | $235 million | -$139 million |
| 2005 | $79 million | $433 million | -$354 million |
| 2006 | $68 million | $415 million | -$346 million |
| 2007 | $116 million | $571 million | -$456 million |
| 2008 | $140 million | $1.2 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2009 | $236 million | $842 million | -$605 million |
| 2010 | $305 million | $1.4 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2011 | $456 million | $1.5 billion | -$1 billion |
| 2012 | $435 million | $1.4 billion | -$1 billion |
| 2013 | $657 million | $1.5 billion | -$829 million |
| 2014 | $1 billion | $1.7 billion | -$678 million |
| 2015 | $103 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2016 | $91 million | $1.4 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2017 | $405 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2018 | $371 million | $2 billion | -$1.6 billion |
| 2019 | $382 million | $2.2 billion | -$1.8 billion |
| 2020 | $241 million | $1.8 billion | -$1.6 billion |
| 2021 | $386 million | $2 billion | -$1.6 billion |
| 2022 | $212 million | $2.5 billion | -$2.3 billion |
| 2023 | $135 million | $2.2 billion | -$2.1 billion |
| 2024 | $131 million | $2.3 billion | -$2.2 billion |
What they sell each other
What Bahrain sells to China
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What China sells to Bahrain
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Mina Salman and Shanghai is 5,957 nautical miles (11,032 km) long: ≈ 14–17.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Hormuz; and Strait of Malacca and Singapore.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
China was Bahrain’s 3rd largest trading partner (7% of its trade), and Bahrain was China’s 117th (0%).
- China in Bahrain’s trade
- 6.9%
- China’s rank among Bahrain’s partners
- 3rd
- Bahrain in China’s trade
- 0%
- Bahrain’s rank among China’s partners
- 117th
Compare with
Other partners of Bahrain
Other partners of China
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.